Baroness Amos: I refer the noble Lord to the responses given by my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for International Development to my honourable friend for Great Grimsby on 10 October 2005, Official Report, col. 53W, and to the honourable member for Cheltenham on 9 January 2006, Official Report, col. 204W. These provided the cost of consultants to the Department for International Development (DfID) from 2000 to 2005.

Lord Drayson: Specific data on how much the Ministry of Defence spent on external management consultants are available in the Library for 2003 and 2004. The figures for 2005 will be placed in the Library before the Summer Recess.
	The data for years 2000–02 are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate effort.
	Summaries of MoD expenditure on external assistance, of which management consultancy is a part; are available in the Library for years 1995–2004.

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: The impact assessment which was carried out concluded that retailers who are already registered as firearms dealers (RFDs) will incur no extra costs. Other retailers will have to pay £150 to register for three years. They will also incur some extra costs if they need to install additional security measures, although this should be minimal. We understand that around 200,000 new air weapons are sold each year through RFDs, sports shops, hardware stores, tackle shops, camping shops and the like. Around 9 per cent. are estimated to be sold through mail order, although this is thought to be rising. It is not possible to estimate the number of second-hand air weapons sold each year.

Lord Adonis: In 2004–05, 96.1 per cent. of pupils in year 12 in grammar schools in Northern Ireland achieved five or more GCSE and equivalent qualifications at Grades A*-C compared with 97.9 per cent. of pupils aged 15 in selective schools (maintained sector) in England. Comparable figures for Wales and for Scotland are not available.